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We've curated 75 cybersecurity statistics about Scam to help you understand how deceptive schemes like phishing and impersonation are evolving in 2025, making it crucial for individuals and businesses to stay vigilant against these growing threats.

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69% of consumers said they had never had an online account taken over by scammers.

Consumer Reports10/1/2025
Consumers

Of all Americans, 9% lost money to a cyberattack or digital scam.

Consumer Reports10/1/2025
Consumers

53% of iPhone users have fallen victim to a scam. This compares to 48% of Android users who have fallen victim to a scam.

Malwarebytes7/24/2025
ConsumeriPhone

New types of scams reported included toll road scams, which accounted for 3% of all reported scams.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
Identity

Google Voice scams decreased by 84 percentage points and made up 9% of all scam reports.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
Identity

The top methods of identity compromise reported were due to PII being shared in a scam, stolen documents with personal information, and unauthorized access to a computer or mobile device.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
IdentityPersonal information

Job scams dropped by 31 percentage points and totalled 10% of all scam reports

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
Identity

Impersonation scams were the top reported type of scam to the ITRC, showing a 148-percentage-point increase year-over-year.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
IdentityImpersonation scam

There was a 41-percentage-point decrease in victims reporting their PII was shared in a scam.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
IdentityPersonal information

51% of impersonation scams impersonated a general business.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
IdentityImpersonation scam

51% of impersonation scams impersonated a general business.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
IdentityImpersonation scam

21% of impersonation scams impersonated a financial institution.

Identity Theft Resource Center6/24/2025
IdentityImpersonation scam

Generic scams accounted for 51% of reports submitted to the Norton Genie scam detector.

Gen5/28/2025

Fake Browser Update Scams grew to over 17 times the previous quarter's levels. This type of scam is a form of Scam-Yourself Attack that tricks people into installing malware under the guise of browser updates.

Gen5/28/2025

Reports of phishing scams rose by a staggering 466% compared to the previous quarter.

Gen5/28/2025
Phishing

Reports of phishing scams rose by a staggering 466% compared to the previous quarter.

Gen5/28/2025
Phishing

Phishing now makes up nearly 32% of all scam submissions to the Norton Genie scam detector platform.

Gen5/28/2025
Phishing

75% of consumers are worried about scam emails using AI to trick people into giving away passwords or money.

Jumio5/21/2025
AIAI-powered fraud

Tax scams were up by 340% in 2024.

Cofense5/14/2025

Legitimate file abuse was up 575% in 2024.

Cofense5/14/2025